1. Downloadable link to the replication dataset for Zheng, Schram and Song Experimental Economics: https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/CO8RPY
 
2. Please always cite the original publication when using the replication data file: 
     
     Zheng, Schram and Song. 2023 "Social Status and Pro-social Preference." Experimental Economics.

3. Table of contents:
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   File name                     | File description
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   Raw data                      | raw data collected after each session and session details
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   Status_Programming_PHP        | original PhP programs for the experiment in the Netherlands
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   Status_Programming_oTree      | oTree programs for the experiment in China
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   Appendix_Status_Final.pdf     | online appendix, including instructions and paintings in the experiment
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   Pool_data_April27.dta         | Stata dataset for analyses
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   response functions.dta        | Stata dataset for response function analysis
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   Social..Analysis.do           | Stata .do file for statistical analyses and comparisons
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   Data analysis and figures.xlsx| Excel table for figures in the main text
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4. Notes for individual variables in the data file:
***** Main variable labels *****
// treatment variables: 
*           Baseline treatment: treatment == 3                               
*           Random status treatment: treatment == 2                                 
*           Earned status treatment: treatment == 1    
*           'type': 1 Baseline
*                   2 Random low status
*                   3 Random high status
*                   4 Earned low status
*                   5 Earned high status

//In regressions
*           'RSLow': random low status players
*           'RSHigh': random high status players
*           'ESLow': earned low status players
*           'ESHigh': earned high status players
*           'Low': low status players
*           'High': high status players
*           'type1': 1 if baseline
*                    2 if low status
*                    3 if high status
*           'cho': chosen effort by player 2
*           'un': unique session id
*           'gender': dummy, 1 if female, 0 if male
*           'clever': attitude towards the statement of "People with stars in my experiment session are more clever." 1 (totally disagree) to 7 (totally agree).
*           'ability': attitude towards the statement of "The method to allocate stars reflects abilities." 1 (totally disagree) to 7 (totally agree).
*           'deserving': attitude towards the statement of "People with stars in my experiment session deserve to get more in team-production task." 1 (totally disagree) to 7 (totally agree).
*           'guess': the belief on other player's behavior (incentivised question in the survey)

// status-related variables
*           high\low status: highstatus == 1/0     
*           player role in team-rpoduction task: player == 1/2
*           'proposal': player 1's suggestion to player 2 (what effort level p2 should exert)         
*           'effort1AS': player 2's response to player 1's suggestion of effort level 1 
*           'effort3AS': player 2's response to player 1's suggestion of effort level 3                 
*           'effort5AS': player 2's response to player 1's suggestion of effort level 5                
*           'effort7AS': player 2's response to player 1's suggestion of effort level 7                 
*           'effort9AS': player 2's response to player 1's suggestion of effort level 9  
*           'meanresponse': average response effort of player 2
*           'selfishnew': dummy, 1 if the response effort is always 1 (minimum) no matter what proposal is, 0 otherwise.
*           'deviate1AS': deviation level of the proposal, is defined by the difference between effort1AS and the actual proposal being 1         
*           'deviate3AS': deviation level of the proposal, is defined by the difference between effort3AS and the actual proposal being 3       
*           'deviate5AS': deviation level of the proposal, is defined by the difference between effort5AS and the actual proposal being 5
*           'deviate7AS': deviation level of the proposal, is defined by the difference between effort3AS and the actual proposal being 7
*           'deviate9AS': deviation level of the proposal, is defined by the difference between effort3AS and the actual proposal being 9       
*           'dev1stratAS': deviation level from the strategy method proposal at level 1       
*           'dev3stratAS': deviation level from the strategy method proposal at level 3  
*           'dev5stratAS': deviation level from the strategy method proposal at level 5
*           'dev7stratAS': deviation level from the strategy method proposal at level 7
*           'dev9stratAS': deviation level from the strategy method proposal at level 9      
       
// personal traits variables
*           conducting country China/ Netherlands: country == 0/1
*           'ppnr': personal id in each session
*           'study':  A -- economics and management 
*                     B -- sociology (social psychology related majors)
*                     C -- other sociology majors
*                     D -- natural sciences 
*                     E -- law
*                     F -- humanities
*                     G -- medicine
*                     H -- other majors
*                     econ -- UVA - Faculty of Economics and Business
*                     psy -- UVA - Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences - Psychology
*                     FMG -- UVA - Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences - non psychology
*                     NWI -- UVA - Faculty of Science
*                     betagamma -- UVA - IIS: beta gamma bachelor
*                     Rechten -- UVA - Faculty of Law
*                     Geestes -- UVA - Faculty of Humanities
*                     Genees -- UVA - Faculty of Medicine
*                     Tand -- UVA - Faculty of Dentistry
*                     andU -- Another university
*                     andH -- A Dutch 'hogeschool' (HBO)
*                     anders -- Other different places


      
     
     